The 11th annual Terrific Teen Talent Recital on Aug. 5, presented by the Smithfield-based Sundays at Four performance series, will be one to remember.

“We have another batch of outstanding young musicians from Hampton Roads to feature,” wrote SAF board member and publicity chair Mary Cole said in an email. “They will live up to the high expectations demonstrated by past teen performers who have gone on to excel in their continued musical education and performances.”

The recital will showcase two violinists, a soprano voice, a tenor trombonist, an English horn player/oboist and a pianist.

From 2 until 7 p.m. on Aug. 11, participants will be able to sip and sample more than 50 various craft brews and ciders created by 25 local, regional and national craft breweries and cideries, including Chesapeake’s own Big Ugly Brewing Co., during the Tap! Tap! Craft Beer Festival at Greenbrier Farms.

TJ Miller’s job is to make people laugh, but the comedian has stirred up a lot of angst and anger. He’s joined the ranks of performers who force people to ask: Can I support this entertainer despite his actions outside the ring?

Whatever your fancy, from Victorian detectives and dark Scandinavian mysteries to busybody sleuths and hard-boiled noir, this festival will round up the usual suspects for a day of meet-and-greets, workshops, book signings and moderated panel discussions.

Chesapeake Master Gardeners and Virginia Cooperative Extension is calling on all Chesapeake gardeners and farmers to donate surplus summer produce to its annual Plant-A-Row for the Hungry program, now through September.

On July 27 from 1 to 4 p.m. the public will be able to witness a large assemblage of reptiles. No, it’s not a display of con artists, predatory lenders and phone scammers, rather, a gathering of Mother Nature’s scaly, cold-blooded members, writes Bridges columnist Eric Feber.

JB’s Rattles Traveling Reptile Zoo will visit the High Street museum, bringing with it several members of JB’s large reptile family that numbers more than 100.

The annual FantaSci, one of the area’s top free mini-fan conventions, is set to journey into the unknown, weird worlds, magic realms and far-flung galaxies on July 28-29 at Chesapeake Central Library. from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, July 28, and noon until 5 p.m. Sunday, July 29.

The Chesapeake Department of Parks, Recreation & Tourism’s Movies & More Summer Outdoor Series moves to Western Branch Park on July 21 for summer frolics and the screening of the 2017 animated comedy-adventure “Despicable Me 3.”

Portsmouth and Hampton Roads music fans will get to pay tribute to one of the most iconic jazz and pop singers of all time when the Tidewater Winds Concert Band presents the program, aptly named “Ella Fitzgerald,” writes Bridges' columnist Eric Feber.

Chesapeake’s “Celebrate Freedom,” presented by the city’s Department of Parks, Recreation & Tourism, opens at 5 p.m. Tuesday at City Park, the Jubilee site at 900 City Park Drive off Greenbrier Parkway.